Tag Archive for enforcement

Despite a global trend away from capital punishment, more and more countries are expanding the death penalty to include drug offences such as dealing. Rick Lines on the state sponsored drug executions which stretch the boundaries of international law. The…

For as long as street drugs remain illegal, the police will always have a massive impact on drug-related harm. Jamie Bridge takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the sensitive realm of harm reduction policing.…

As more prolific offenders are diverted away from cells and into treatment, police forces have had to modify their attitudes to drug users. But, says Allen Morgan, the traditional ‘cops and robbers’ relationship is proving hard to shake off. Culture…

The perception that low drug use in Sweden is a direct result of the country’s tough anti-drugs policy is finding considerable traction in the UK. But, argues Steve Rolles, it is both simplistic and misleading. Swedish massage (PDF)

He has spent 25 of the last 30 years committing petty crime to fund a drugs habit – only to be locked up in jails teeming with drugs. But Peter Wayne’s dealings with a disjointed criminal justice system look set…

Despite an uphill struggle against bureaucracy and antipathy, Britain’s two pilot drug courts are up and running and into their second year. Carol Jenkins grabbed a ringside seat at London’s dedicated drug court. Thinking outside the docks (PDF)

Police are shutting down cannabis farms on a daily basis in a bid to disrupt a budding market in domestic weed. Max Daly investigates the changing nature of cannabis supply in Britain. Plant warfare (PDF)

Despite the US mantra that destroying Afghanistan’s opium crop is key to defeating the Taliban, the evidence on the ground tells a different story. Max Daly talks to a serving British soldier about why, in the current climate, an all-out…